Welcome to Pixels and Polygons. This is a conversational podcast centered around gaming, where my guests and I answer a question based on the episode topic. This week’s episode is…

GAMEPLAY OR NARRATIVE I w/ Luis

What is more important to you, narrative or gameplay? Are there some games that you’ve enjoyed with poor narrative but great gameplay or vice versa?

Luis Aguasvivas is a writer and creator. He is a staff writer at popmatters.com and has a personal blog with interviews here: https://aguaspoints.com/. You can find him online on Bluesky as @aguaspoints.bsky.social. He also is involved with the NY Game Critics: https://nygamecritics.com/

ALSO CHECK OUT:

https://www.npr.org/2024/07/16/g-s1-9554/best-games-2024-picked-by-npr-staff

https://www.popmatters.com/author/luisaguasvivas

https://www.gamerswithglasses.com/

https://gamehistory.org/donate/

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The music was created by me.

The episode art is from Shenmue.

Games discussed:

• UFO 50
• 1000xResist
• Animal Well
• Shenmue
• Street Fighter Alpha
• Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake
• Shenmue
• Famicom Detective Club
• Shenmue
• ...& more Shenmue!

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